the government of libya does not yet have the ability to effectively respond to and manage the rising violence. when you look at this in the context of 20-20 hindsight it would look like the state department was being told there was a problem there. >> what do you expect the state department to say in response to this? >> i think the state department is going to do two things. one from liz palmer's report, they'll give the first detailed report of what happened on the ground. i believe their main point is going to be security can go up or down based on the threat situation, but we've never seen an event like this. since the storming of the u.s. embassy in iran in 1979 -- >> but wouldn't that make you more protected if -- given the circumstances in libya which were so wide open, wouldn't you be more protected? >> i think you would be, but this is the recurring problem for the state department. i don't know how they're going to articulate this today. we have 280 u.s. embassies, mission, and consulates around the world. they have 2,000 security agents. you do the math. every day one of t